Mojo Beatnik

Solo project from Fukuoka, Japan. Making “Mutant Wave” music, combining minimal synth, coldwave with ’50s/‘60s primitive and obscure R’n’R sounds using vintage KORG synths and drum machine.

LP

Posted on June 6th, 2022 under Releases, , ,

Miniroboter 2

As a sublabel of Kernkrach, “Hertz-Schrittmacher” has it’s focus on Elektro-Beats of bands from the 90s up to now. [Discogs]

12″

Posted on January 27th, 2022 under Releases, ,

The two titles are quite similar in sound, but complementary in style. “Prinzipielle Sicherheit” is very punchy, four-to-the-floor and danceable. The dominant bassline is joined by a punctuated sub-bass, which dynamizes the track. The vocals are heavily processed, seem metallic, machine-like and also give “Prinzipielle Sicherheit” a threatening note.

“Der letzte Gang” is certainly not a dance track. Hans Uran and a second voice sing/discuss death, and this is also transported musically as a walk “up to the scaffold”. The title seems at first somewhat arhythmic, but reveals itself on closer listening as a deliberate staccato that seems to musically implement the trembling, the duty to the end. [Damals on Discogs]

7″

Posted on October 13th, 2021 under Releases, , ,

Fraktion Schwarz-Weiss - Einfach nichts

Here’s the first release of Fraktion Schwarz-Weiss, a gritty minimal synth project from from Berlin, Germany.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on September 16th, 2021 under Releases, , ,

Der Kosmonaut

Here’s the latest Hertz-Schrittmacher compilation featuring Nao Katafuchi, The Ottoplast, Echo West, Kinder Aus Asbest, Aska, Luminance, Novosti Kulturi, Pleasure System, Staatseinde, Björn Peng, Tilly Electronics, Mojo Beatnik and Angleter.

LP + single-sided 12″

Posted on September 29th, 2020 under Releases, ,